Philobr

I think it's #3 Doing 3 star alignment with the mount then going into NINA. I'll try your suggestions. Thanks so much.

I cant get autoguiding to work, its like the telescope has a life of its own. I've read through instructions online and looked at lots of tutorials on YouTube - Cuiv the lazy geek, Astroaddict, AstroOnBudget, Wido, AstroExploring. Wrote down all the steps, going back over them again and and again to make sure I had everything I needed. Downloaded and set up ASCOM, NINA, PHD2, Stellarium based on instructions from YouTube Hooked the telescope, dslr camera, guide scope and guide camera up to the laptop. Polar aligned the telescope, did a 3 star algnment, then plugged the telescope into the laptop ASCOM, NINA and PHD2 recognized all the equipment In NINA I set the target and slewed to it. I was expecting the telescope to go left, but it went the opposite direction. When I told it to go to another target it did the same thing, nothing was on target. So I know what I have to do, but doing it and trying to fix it are the problem, havent a clue, hence the plea for help. Gear: Skywatcher EQM3pro mount, Skywatcher 150pds, Canon 100d, SV905C guide camera, SV165 guide scope, Baader MPCC Mark III coma corrector, Celestron X-Cel LX 3x Barlow

It's a svbony 905c I was able to get focus in sharpcap, a mountain 27km away. Still just getting noise in phd2 I tried changing exposure time and even set to auto Also changed gain between 1 and 100 in Advanced Settings.

Im new to guiding. got a present of the SV905c Set it up, PHD2 recognizes it, but when I set it to loop the image that comes back is pure noise. I tried opening it in SharpCap and everything is ok there. I tried setting the exposure to different settings and even to Auto. Also changed the gain from 1-100 but still getting a noise image. I would have thought it would show something rather than just noise. I have to try it out tonight when it gets dark, so might be different. Just wondering if anyone had issues with it and PHD2. Thanks

Apologies if this is the wrong place. Thought it might be ok under DIY. I have a good view W to NE from the patio at back of my house. I have grass at the side, and it gets a little soft during the winter. I was thinking of putting down 3 patio slabs to get a S to W view. Has anyone done this and if so any tips?

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Hi there, I have an EQM35PRO Synscan goto but don't have the cable needed to do the firmware update. RJ-11 / DB9 link cable I looked online but can only find the DB9/USB adapter. Anyone know where I can get the cable that goes into the handset then into the pc? Thanks.